WO2002003902A2 - Systeme de selection pour articles d'hygiene feminine - Google Patents

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WO2002003902A2
WO2002003902A2 PCT/US2001/020687 US0120687W WO0203902A2 WO 2002003902 A2 WO2002003902 A2 WO 2002003902A2 US 0120687 W US0120687 W US 0120687W WO 0203902 A2 WO0203902 A2 WO 0203902A2
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Bruce William Lavash
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/84—Accessories, not otherwise provided for, for absorbent pads

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  • the invention provides a system for providing a female's most appropriate feminine hygiene product needs that includes the steps of collecting information from a user, making a product recommendation based upon the user's collected information, receiving pre-use feedback about the product recommendation, and providing a new product recommendation to the user based upon the user's feedback.
  • Feminine hygiene products such as sanitary napkins, pantiliners, and incontinence pads are devices that are typically worn in the crotch region of an undergarment.
  • Interlabial devices are feminine hygiene products that are typically designed to be worn within the interlabial space of a wearer.
  • Other feminine hygiene devices such as tampons are designed to be worn within the vaginal interior. All of these devices are designed to absorb or otherwise contain liquid and other discharges from the human body and to prevent body and soiling of clothing.
  • Sanitary napkins are a type of absorbent article worn by women in a pair of panties that is normally positioned between the wearer's legs, adjacent to the perineal area of the body.
  • Feminine hygiene products having many different basic designs are known in the art. There are some key features of these products, however, which affect the performance of such products. For example, feminine hygiene products such as sanitary napkins vary in their absorbent capacities, their length, the area of undergarment which they cover, their thickness', and their inclusion or non-inclusion of certain features such as wings or flaps.
  • feminine hygiene products such as sanitary napkins are typically sold in packages containing quantities of ten to fifty products of a single product type.
  • many consumers buy and use a single type of product for all their menstrual protection needs. This is the case even though the characteristics (e.g. length, area, and features) of a feminine hygiene product necessary to provide containment of bodily fluids without leaking may be quite different between daytime and overnight use.
  • the characteristics of a feminine hygiene product necessary to contain bodily fluids without leaking will vary for different groups of consumers based on such factors as body size and menstrual cycle characteristics.
  • an appropriate system of feminine hygiene products is chosen from two or more available systems where each of such systems is designed for a particular group of consumers. Membership in a particular group is based upon factors such as body size and menstrual cycle characteristics. It has also been found during the development of the method of the present invention that many women (especially those who do not truly have a heavy flow intensity) are not proficient in accurately describing their flow intensity as compared to other consumers. Most currently available feminine hygiene products describe the differences between the various available products only in terms of a consumer's assessment of her own flow intensity or overall protection needs. It has been found that better product selection of systems of feminine hygiene products can be obtained by the method of the present invention which relies at least in part on indicators of protection needs other than simply perceived flow.
  • At least some of these indicators are objective pieces of information which should be readily known to most consumers. In this manner, consumers can be more reliably be provided with appropriate systems of feminine hygiene products without having to guess as to which products will best suit their needs.
  • An ideal method for the selection and use of a system of feminine hygiene products also eliminates the need for consumers to select systems solely on the basis of subjective (and often inaccurate indicators) such as self-perception of flow intensity alone.
  • Another desire is to provide a customized feminine product selection system which can be used in an interactive medium like the internet.
  • a personal computer, and one or more servers a user can access a computer program that allows a user to not only input objective data related to her flow characteristics, but also feedback and correct (i.e., "tweak") a computer's customized feminine product choices.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,839,585 issued to Miller on November 24, 1998 describes a method for dispensing absorbent articles that allows a user to select one or more types of absorbent articles. However, such selection does not provide for the use of a computer nor is an internet- based system discussed.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,865,322 issued to Miller on February 2, 1999 provides for the selection of feminine hygiene products using a computer but does not teach the interactive selection of feminine hygiene products (e.g., using a feedback engine) and such product selection on the internet is not provided.
  • the invention provides a system for providing a user's most appropriate feminine hygiene product needs. Furthermore, the invention comprises a means for collecting and processing user-specific information. The means provides the steps of collecting information from a user, making a product recommendation based upon the user's collected information, receiving feedback about the product recommendation from the user prior to use of the product recommendation, and providing a new product recommendation to the user based upon the user's feedback.
  • the system may further preferably comprise the additional step of packaging the user's customized feminine hygiene product selection for shipping.
  • the new product recommendation will be delivered to the user. The user will use the product and then be provided at least one opportunity to give post-use feedback on the use of the new product recommendation to the system. Based upon this post-use recommendation, a new post-use product recommendation may be made.
  • FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing one process of product selection herein.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing another process of product selection herein.
  • the invention provides a system for providing a user's most appropriate feminine hygiene product needs. Furthermore, the invention comprises a means for collecting and processing user-specific information. The means provides the steps of collecting information from a user, making a product recommendation based upon the user's collected information, receiving feedback about the product recommendation from the user prior to use of the product recommendation, and providing a new product recommendation to the user based upon the user's feedback.
  • the system may further preferably comprise the additional step of packaging the user's customized feminine hygiene product selection for shipping (i.e., shipping the product to the user).
  • the new product recommendation will be delivered to the user. The user will use the product and then be provided opportunity to give post-use feedback on the use of the new product recommendation to the system. Based upon this post-use feedback, a new post-use product recommendation may be made, and preferably will be made.
  • All of the above steps may be accomplished by hand by an independent operator collecting information from a user.
  • the above functions involve some sort of input into a computer at one or more stages of data collection and processing of a user's information.
  • a computer may be used that houses a program created for specified user input.
  • specified user input it is meant herein that a computer program that asks specific questions related to a user's physiological make-up, physical make-up, and psychographic disposition regarding her menstrual cycle.
  • the computer program is preferably one specially designed to garner clear and accurate responses from a female user about her physiological make-up, physical make-up, and psychographic disposition regarding her menstrual cycle.
  • psychographic disposition or “psychographic” it is meant herein information that specifically relates to a female's attitude (i.e., mental and/or emotional disposition) about her menstrual cycle (i.e., her full 28-30 day cycle).
  • a female's psychographic information is used to identify a female's predisposition to use a product by gauging her attitude and/or mood regarding her period. For example, see EXAMPLE I below.
  • the computer program may be based on a personal or laptop computer or on a server that is accessible by one or more other servers and/or computers. Most preferably, the computer program is accessible via the internet via a dial-up connection or through a computer network. The computer program may also be accessible by a simple dial-up connection that circumvents the internet.
  • One main goal of the program is to provide a highly interactive experience between the user and the interactive feedback data processing system (IFDP).
  • Another goal is to provide a female user with a truly customized feminine hygiene product selection.
  • the product selection may include one or more types of products in specialized and preferably personalized packaging not available in an off the store shelf type of selection.
  • the user may alter the number of products selected, the types selected and the specialized and/or personalized packaging provided, if any is recommended.
  • the IFDP makes another product recommendation now using the pre-use feedback provided by the user.
  • pre-use feedback it is meant herein the feedback initially provided by a user before she has an opportunity to use her product recommendation.
  • the IFDP makes the second or new product recommendation.
  • a user may then elect to have her recommendation specially packaged and then sent to her. It is also possible for the user, before her final product recommendation is made, to provide additional feedback before a final product recommendation is made by the IFDP.
  • the product is said to be customized, i.e., made and numbered for a female product selector's personal use.
  • an interactive feedback data processing system for customizing a user's most appropriate feminine hygiene product needs.
  • the system comprises a personal computer used by a user and at least one server connected to the personal computer by one or more connections.
  • a computer program is preferably located on the server and is accessible by the user through the connection.
  • the computer program provides a method having the steps of the following: i. collecting information from a user, ii. making a feminine hygiene product recommendation based upon the user' s collected information, iii. using a feedback engine within the computer program to customize the collected information from the user, iv. calculating the most appropriate product choices for the user, v.
  • an interactive, internet-based data processing system for customizing a user's most appropriate feminine hygiene product needs comprising a personal computer used by a user that is connected to at least one server through the internet.
  • the user's personal computer and the server are connected to one-another via an internet connection.
  • one or more computer programs is located on the server.
  • Answer "A” would result in a recommendation including tampons, while answer “B” would include pads.
  • the above questions are specifically designed to trigger and then identify a female's attitude and/or mood evoked by her period.
  • the above kinds of questions are targeted at teenagers.

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Cette invention concerne un système permettant de fournir des articles d'hygiène féminine les plus appropriés. Ce système fait intervenir un dispositif de collecte et de traitement d'informations axées spécifiquement sur les besoins de l'utilisateur. Le procédé consiste à recueillir des informations auprès d'un utilisateur, à émettre une recommandation sur des produits en fonction desdites informations, demander à l'utilisateur de commenter cette recommandation avant de mettre en oeuvre cette dernière et émettre une nouvelle recommandation quant aux produits compte tenu de l'information en retour fournie par l'utilisateur.
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